Peter the Great
27 entries in the Peter the Great compendium.
The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and JestersA mock-religious drinking club founded by Peter the Great.Amber RoomA lost chamber of amber, gold, and mirrors.Nicolaas BidlooDutch physician who founded Russian medicine under Peter the Great.Botik of Peter the GreatMiniature warship that inspired Peter the Great's navy.Cabin of Peter the GreatPeter the Great's first St. Petersburg residence, a preserved wooden cabin.Cabin of Peter the Great (Derbent)Site of Peter the Great's overnight stay during the Persian Campaign.Church reform of Peter the GreatPeter I replaced the patriarchate with the Holy Synod, subordinating the church to the state.Czar Peter House (Netherlands)Tsar Peter I's 1697 residence during his Grand Embassy.Economic reforms under Peter the GreatEconomic reforms that boosted Russia's standing among European states.Robert Erskine (physician)Scottish physician and advisor to Tsar Peter the Great.Executions of Cossacks in LebedynMass torture and execution of Ukrainian Cossacks by Peter I's forces.Abram Petrovich GannibalAfrican-born Russian general and great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin.Ernst Gottlieb GlückRussian statesman of German descent in Baltic judicial administration.Grand Embassy of Peter the GreatRussian diplomatic mission to Western Europe led by Peter the Great.Alexander Danilovich MenshikovRussian soldier and statesman, close associate of Peter the Great.Kirill NaryshkinMaternal grandfather of Peter the Great and Russian boyar.Peter I IslandNorwegian volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, first sighted in 1821.Peter the Great (Fabergé egg)Fabergé egg celebrating the 200th anniversary of St. Petersburg's founding.Siberian Collection of Peter the GreatGold Saka animal-style artifacts from Siberian kurgans.Streltsy uprisingA 1698 revolt by Moscow Streltsy against Peter the Great.The Will of Peter the GreatA forged testament attributed to Peter the Great.Toy army of Peter the GreatPlay soldiers that became the Russian Imperial Guard.Treaty of Thorn (1709)Alliance revived between Peter the Great and Augustus the Strong.Ivan TsyklerRussian nobleman executed for conspiracy against Peter the Great.Andrew ViniusDutch-descended Russian statesman, friend and language tutor to Peter the Great.HMY William & Mary (1694)Royal yacht that carried Peter the Great to London.Nikita ZotovChildhood tutor and lifelong friend of Peter the Great.
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